Extension Resources - Field Crops - Weed Control

• NEW!! Experiment, and Watch for New Developments in Organic Weed Management (eXtension)
• NEW!! Steel in the Field: A Farmer’s Guide to Weed Management Tools (SARE)

• Biological weed control
• Biological Control Guide (Cornell)
• Canadian farmer shares his two-prong attack on Canada thistle (Rodale)
• The Canadian Farm Business Management Council's Organic Agriwebinars
  Please note: Registration with Agriwebinars is needed to view these online video presentations
  • Innovative Concepts & Techniques for Successful Weed Management in Organic Cropping with Charles Merfield, COABC Seminar Series 2009
• Changing Weed Populations Under Long-term Organic Management (Video)
• Crop husbandry for weed management

• Design the Cropping System to Minimize Niches for Weed Growth (eXtension)
• Do wheat cultivar mixtures maintain yield and suppress weeds under organic management? (OACC)
• A Farmer's Innovative Equipment for Organic No-till
• Flaming as a Method of Weed Control in Organic Farming Systems (Michigan State University's Organic Farming Exchange)
• Free weed-control service: Mice (Rodale)
• Growing a competitive crop -- first step in weed control
• Harrowing for weed control and improved yield (OACC)

• Harrowing on Saskatchewan Farms (OACC)
• How Cover Crops Suppress Weeds (eXtension)
• Insuring different organic farming risks (Ontario Farmer)
• Livestock and other beneficial organisms for weed management
• Manage the Weed Seed Bank—Minimize "Deposits" and Maximize "Withdrawals" (eXtension)
• Management of sweet clover for nitrogen supply, soil conservation and weed control (OACC)
• Managing wild radish in feed grains (OACC)

• Manipulating Weed Seed Banks to Promote their Decline (eXtension)
• Mechanical Weeding Equipment for Field Crops (Agri-Réseau)
• Mechanical Weeding of Cereals (Agri-Réseau)
• Mechanical Weeding of Corn (Agri-Réseau)
• Mechanical Weeding of Soybeans (Agri-Réseau)
• Organic and Conventional Farming Methods Compete to Eliminate Weed Seeds in Soil (ScienceDaily)
  • See the research abstract

• An Organic Weed Control Toolbox (eXtension)
• Organic Crop Production: Weed Management (Saskatchewan)
• Organic Farming and Noxious Weeds (Manitoba)
• Organic and Sustainable Weed Control (MOSES)
• Organic No-Till (Rodale)
• Organic low-till research in Prairie Canada (OACC)
• Organic producers eager for Canada thistle control (Western Producer)

• Organic Weed Management website
• Pesticide risk reduction in soybean production (OACC)
• Prevention of Weeds in Field Crops (Agri-Réseau)
• Promoting Weed Seed Predation and Decay (eXtension)
• Put the Weeds Out of Work—Grow Cover Crops! (eXtension)
• Quackgrass Control Methods in Organic Agriculture
• Seeding rate for weed control in organic spring wheat (OACC)

• The skinny on a big problem…weeds (Rodale)
• Soil fertility affects weed and crop competition
• Soybean pesticide reduction risk survey (OACC)
• Summerfallow as a weed management strategy -- pros and cons
• System reduces hand hoeing
• Sustainable Alternatives for Weed Control in Organic Systems (Weed Science Society)
• Sustainable Production Factsheets (Pest Management Centre)
  • Managing leafy spurge with a hungry beetle!

• Tillage for weed control -- an introduction
• Thermal Weed Control for Organic Production
• Using allelopathic and cover crops to suppress weeds
• Variety and seeding rates effects on competition in organically grown spring cereals (OACC)
• Weed surveys in Maritime organic grain fields (OACC)
• Weed Management for Organic Producers (SOD)
• Weed Management - Tri-state Organic Video Series (Purdue)

• Weeds Are Vital to the Existence of Farmland Species, Study Finds (Science Daily)
  • See the research abstract
• Weeds -- when are they a good thing?
• Weeds -- when are they a problem?
• Weeds on organic farms
• Weed characteristics
• Weeds -- how to prevent new problems
• Weed Management in Organic Crop Systems(Manitoba)
• Whacker whips life out of lentil field weeds
• What are your weeds costing you? (OACC)

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